Art Acquisition

Saturday, Dionne and I were invited to an art show in Seoul in which one of our students was showing a piece to be sold for charity.  We were pretty excited about it because it was pretty special to be included in such an exciting occasion for her.  We invited Scott, Steph and Desiree to come with us and made a whole day of it in the city together.  What a great day we had!

First, Desiree, Steph and I took care of some shopping before meeting up with Dionne and Scott in Insadong to go to the art show.  As I walked into the gallery, I saw one of my most delightful students, walking around the room, looking at the various pictures.  I was surprised to see her there and even more surprised to hear that she, too, had a painting up for sale in the show.  Both students' paintings were mind-blowing.  They were only given three days (three hours each day) to not only conceptualize their piece, but also to create it.  Amazing.  People who can produce beautiful works of art will always be impressive to me.  Anyway, after several pictures (none of which are very flattering, so I'll spare you :)) with both of our students, (and meeting their very handsome art teacher!!), Dionne found a picture on the second floor that she wanted to buy, which meant that we had to come back to the gallery later that night after the show was over.  When we came back, we found out that our students' paintings, which had been marked sold out, were actually available - to us.  They must have bought their paintings pre-show to ensure that they could have their pieces back at the end, but upon hearing how much we loved their art, both students allowed us to buy their pieces.  And so, I am now the proud owner of one of my student pal's pieces of art.  Pretty cool.

The night ended with some light shopping in Insadong, a hectic cab ride to Itaewon and an unbelievable Thai dinner.  A pretty perfect Saturday, if I do say so myself...